Locker turned down insurance policy this season

Scott Locker, the father of Husky quarterback Jake Locker, revealed an interesting tidbit while appearing on KJR-AM 950 this afternoon.

Jake Locker will ponder his NFL options and decide whether to declare for the draft by the Jan. 15 deadline. (Getty Images/Otto Greule Jr.)

No, Pops didn’t offer any hints on whether his son might be staying or going once he sits down to ponder his NFL opportunity in the coming days.

But he did say that he went through the process of lining up an insurance policy to protect Jake in case of injury this past season, but his son said he didn’t want to go that route.

“He said, ‘That’s like saying I’m going to go out there and get hurt,'” Scott Locker said. “That’s not the way he rolls.”

Scott Locker also said he doesn’t think money is a driving force for his son, noting he passed up the opportunity to sign a professional baseball contract coming out of high school.

But does any of that mean he’s leaning toward staying at Washington for his final season of eligibility?

Dad wasn’t going that direction, saying he has no clue what Jake will do while indicating he’d support whatever decision is made.

“You can give Jake a lot of good information and do what you’d like to do to try to help him, but when the time comes, Jake will make the decision,” he said.

Scott Locker also said his “heart went out to the Bradford family” after Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford was injured this season, dropping his NFL stock after he stayed in school rather than opt for last year’s draft.

“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think about that,” he said. “But if you’ve played the game, anytime you’re a football player you realize that’s a factor of the game and you work with it.”

College underclassmen have until Jan. 15 to inform the NFL if they want to declare for the draft, but Scott Locker sounded as if Jake wouldn’t likely take that long and will want to inform everyone of his decision as soon as it’s made.

Jake himself said after Saturday’s season finale that he’d spent no time yet pondering his decision, but would begin that process this week. Here’s my story on that conversation, along with information on Rob Rang’s latest mock draft.